Finger ring



Jan. 26, 1943. w. R. RCSWANI FINGER RING Fileq Sept. 29, 1941 INVENTOR iacwfio /?0 Wa/z ATTORNEYS Patented Jan. 26, 1943 F FINGER RING William R. Rowan, North Attleboro, Mass., as-

signor to L. G. Balfour Company, a corporation of Massachusetts Application September 29; 1941, Serial No. 412,720

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a finger ring of the type having an enlarged ornamental base and a shank extending therefrom for encircling the finger.

In the use of rings of this character, where an ornament is mounted on the base of the ring to extend outwardly therefrom, should the ring he struck by swinging of the hand against some object, it is likely that some damage may occur to the ornament, the same being subject to such damage by reason of its protrusion from the base of the ring Without surrounding protection.

An object of the invention is to provide a guard for an ornament to prevent the same from being struck if the hand is swung against some object.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, as will be more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of a complete ring formed in accordance with this invention;

Fig. 2 is an edge view thereof;

Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a detail of the strap with raised portions to provide a guard for the ornament.

The ring which is the subject of this invention is designed to protect an ornament mounted on the ring. To this end I have provided a strap which is raised at points adjacent to the ornament to a sufiicient height so that the edges of the ornament cannot be struck if the ring should accidentally be hit against some hard object.

With reference to the drawing, the shank of the ring is designated Ill and, as shown in Figs. 1 to 5, the shank is flared as it approaches the base I l of the ring so as to merge with the base. This base portion l I may be formed integral with the shank l0 such, for instance, as by casting;

or it may be struck as one piece with the shank and bent with the ends of the shank soldered together. The base also includes a top portion designated [2 which may be positioned on this protion I l and secured thereto by solder or some suitable securing means.

In the top part of the base I2, I may provide means 39 for holding a gem; and I may mount upon this gem an ornamental strap 3|, see Fig. 4 for instance, by such means as rivets 29 extending through the top portion of the stone or base, this strap having a recess as at 32 to receive an ornament, shown in dotted lines at 33; while I have provided raised portions 34 at either end of the strap of a height substantially the same height as the ornament 33 and closely adjacent thereto but spaced therefrom so that the ornament 33 which is a crest or initial will be protected against accidental striking of the ring when the hand is carelessly thrown against an object and thus will protect the ornament 33 from damage. These portions 34 are of rounded construction and. are adapted to take the strike which may be given them without visible injury or chipping, while the more expensive and sometimes enameled ornament will be protected where it would chip if subjected to such abuse.

I claim:

In a ring having a strap of elongated form mounted thereon parallel to the axis of the ring, said strap being provided with raised end portions having a recess between them, an ornament of elongated form mounted in said recess and spaced from the said end portions, said raised portion being of a height suflicient to protect the ornament against abuse from accidental impact.

WILLIAM R. ROWAN. 

